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Janelle Bynum just flipped a red district blue (Oregon's 5th district) and... (Original Post) usregimechange Thursday OP
Fabulous! spooky3 Thursday #1
It's possible there's one or two more left we can flip usregimechange Thursday #2
Wonderful! StarryNite Thursday #3
Any updates on the House in general? JustAnotherGen Thursday #4
I found this: liberalla Thursday #6
Thank you JustAnotherGen Thursday #10
Thank you mountain grammy Thursday #19
And handful, I count 8 more that haven't been called, one in CA I'm hoping will flip usregimechange Thursday #17
The 45th district in CA is super close, 349 vote lead for the Republican usregimechange Thursday #18
She is my representative KitFox Thursday #5
And mine. calimary Thursday #11
Yes, thrilled and relieved! KitFox Thursday #16
NICE! Roc2020 Thursday #7
OMG THANK YOU JESUS! ancianita Thursday #8
Congrats to Janelle Bynum, and to Oregon! liberalla Thursday #9
Yep! MOST DEFINITELY!!! calimary Thursday #12
Laurie Chavez-donothing RANDYWILDMAN Thursday #13
We gotta' take it wherever we can find it! liberalla Thursday #14
Nice! That is generally Clackamas County and plenty Red. StocktonNative Thursday #15
Bravo! mountain grammy Thursday #20
Awesome! n/t iluvtennis Friday #21

JustAnotherGen

(33,544 posts)
4. Any updates on the House in general?
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 02:14 PM
Thursday

I'm not googling, going to, watching news. Are there any races still undecided?

usregimechange

(18,493 posts)
17. And handful, I count 8 more that haven't been called, one in CA I'm hoping will flip
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 03:57 PM
Thursday

4 leaning dem, 4 leaning GOP, hoping we can make that 5 to 3 of the remaining seats which would bring us to 214, which would mean we'd have improved from the current congress by a seat. Hey, it'd be a small win but still a win in an otherwise dismal year

KitFox

(23 posts)
5. She is my representative
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 02:16 PM
Thursday

and am so glad she won. Her opponent Chavez-Deremer ran Willie Horton type ads against her.

calimary

(84,310 posts)
11. And mine.
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 02:40 PM
Thursday

Her win alone is enough to give me hope.

And if you’ll recall, only in the last few weeks before the election did we start hearing about anything she supposedly “got done” (or was “working on”) for our benefit. She had two years and did WHAT in all that time (besides NOTHING - but maybe building connections to enable her own self-enrichment)? We saw lots of photos of her standing with firefighters’ groups and others like that. But I never saw a single email or other message about what she was specifically doing to help people in this district.

I’m just glad - and RELIEVED - that she’s forced out.

BTW, a few of us Indivisibles stopped by her office to try to see somebody about a meeting (since phone calls and emails weren’t doing any good). No answer at the door, which was locked. AND no way to slip a letter in the front door mail slot. She’d had it glued shut. I know. I bent down and got a closer look. And I ran my fingers around the entire mail slot. All very carefully sealed.

Our Indivisible group has been going to semi-regular meetings in that office for several years, when we had different representation. No such luck since Chavez-de-Boom-Boom got elected. Nobody in her local office EVER made themselves available to meet with us and we certainly had no hope of EVER getting a face-to-face with HER.

Some “representation”, ‘eh?

Glad we flipped that district! Heck, “glad” doesn’t even begin to describe it! “Thrilled” and “ecstatic” tell the story better. “Relieved” is in there like gangbusters, too.

KitFox

(23 posts)
16. Yes, thrilled and relieved!
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 03:46 PM
Thursday

I had the same never nothing response from her and I tried multiple times. Your discovery of the door and mail slot sealed takes the cake! The extreme opposite of a public servant. I was in the 4th district and was lucky to have Peter DeFazio all those years. Then when districts were redrawn and was stuck with DeRemer, I was dashed. Let’s keep on fighting!

calimary

(84,310 posts)
12. Yep! MOST DEFINITELY!!!
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 02:42 PM
Thursday

At least locally, 2025 dawns with much greater optimism, hope, and triumph.

liberalla

(10,018 posts)
14. We gotta' take it wherever we can find it!
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 03:00 PM
Thursday

I'm happy for you and your district

I wonder if Kirsten Engle really beat Ciscomani, or if that was an Elon assist...

StocktonNative

(126 posts)
15. Nice! That is generally Clackamas County and plenty Red.
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 03:07 PM
Thursday

Plenty of those Clackamas Goons were the once who made the trip during the George Floyd protests and paint balling the locals.

God What A Mess...Here's a clip of the 2020 happenings.

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